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Informist, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025

 

By Arya S. Biju

 

MUMBAI – Domestic headline indices closed sharply higher, extending their rebound for the second straight session Monday amid positive global cues. Gains in information technology, metals, and financial services stocks drove the 50-stock index above the 26150 point mark after 10 sessions. The Indian rupee remained under pressure Monday after its slight recovery in the past three sessions amid lack of clarity over the long-awaited India-US trade deal.

 

Friday, major indices in the US closed higher, led by a rebound in technology shares. Chipmaker Micron Technology's strong forecasts reignited optimism around AI-related stocks, which had recently come under pressure over lofty valuations and funding concern. Most Asian indices also closed higher, tracking gains on Wall Street. 

 

The Nifty 50 settled at 26172.40, up 206 points or 0.8%. The BSE Sensex closed at 85567.48, up 638.12 points or 0.8%. Some technical analysts had expected a decisive move above 26050–26100 points to pave way for fresh record highs in the near term. 

 

After the slight recovery in the past three sessions, the domestic currency fell against the dollar Monday as banks persistently bought the dollar on behalf of oil marketing companies, which rushed to stock up on the commodity after reports said that the US was still in pursuit of a third oil tanker near Venezuela, dealers at the foreign exchange market said. The Indian unit appreciated nearly 2% against the dollar in the previous three sessions after hitting a fresh record low last week. On Monday, the rupee settled at 89.6500 a dollar, against Friday's close of 89.2700. 

 

"Indian markets extended their year-end rally, supported by strong liquidity and global cues, as expectations of further Fed easing (monitory policy easing by the US Federal Reserve) in 2026 continue to underpin growth," Vinod Nair, head of research at Geojit Investments, said in a note. Further, the foreign institutional investors turned net buyers reinforcing the positive tone, Nair added. Foreign institutional investors were net buyers of Indian equities for three days in a row Friday after being net sellers for most of December. On Friday, they bought shares worth INR 18.31 billion and domestic investors bought stocks worth INR 57.23 billion. 

 

Broader market indices were also under buying pressure with the small-cap indices outpacing their mid-cap peers as well as the benchmarks. The Nitfty Smallcap 50, Nitfty Smallcap 100, and Nitfty Smallcap 250 closed 1.0-1.2% higher, against 0.8% rise in both mid-cap indices and benchmarks. Among sectors, almost all the major sectoral indices traded in positive territory, with the Nifty IT leading the gains, up over 2%. Nifty Consumer Durables was the only sectoral index that closed in the red, down 0.2%. 

 

Most information technology stocks rose Monday, pushing the Nifty IT index up for the fourth straight session, in which it had gained almost 4%. This follows a sharp rise in American Depository Receipts of Wipro and Infosys on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Infosys' ADRs rose as much 56% to $30 on the US exchange while those of Wipro rose over 8% to $3.09. Both the stocks closed over 3% higher on the National Stock Exchange Monday. Further, rising hopes of a softer stance by the US Fed in 2026 after its lower-than-expected inflation print and a higher-than-expected earnings by US IT giant Accenture boosted inverstor sentiment towards these stocks. 

 

"Nifty IT index erased the losses seen in the penultimate week and gained nearly 1% last week. We believe that positive bias in the Technology space may continue amid ongoing consolidation. We expect IT index to remain positive with support near 38000 levels the coming sessions," ICICI Direct said in a note. 

 

Most metal stocks rose Monday supported by a rise in prices of aluminium and silver. The Nifty Metal index closed 1.4% higher, extending gains for the fourth straight session. Shares of Hindustan Zinc and its parent company Vedanta closed around 1-3% higher after the futures contacts of silver hit a record high on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Monday, tracking the gains on COMEX due to a weak dollar. Amomng other metal stocks, National Aluminium Co., Hindustan Copper, and Lloyds Metals And Energy closed 4% higher. 

 

Among individual stocks, Shriram Finance closed nearly 4% higher, extending Friday's gains after Japan's MUFG Bank decided to invest INR 396.18 billion in the company. Following this announcemnt many brokerages have extended a bullish view on the investment. Siemens Energy India closed nearly 5% lower after its competitor GE Vernova T&D India won a major order for a high voltage direct current terminal station. The stock was the worst hit in Nifty 200. Meanwhile shares of GE Vernova T&D India closed nearly 6% higher after hitting their highest level in ovcer a month intraday. 

 

* Of the Nifty 50 stocks, 40 rose and 10 fell

* Of the Sensex stocks, 25 rose and 5 fell

* On the NSE, 2,252 stocks rose, 923 fell, and 108 were unchanged

* On the BSE, 2,794 stocks rose, 1,515 fell, and 192 were unchanged

* Nifty IT: up 2.1; Nifty Metal: up 1.4%; Nifty Consumer Durablers: up 0.2%

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BSE                                                NSE

Sensex: 85567.48, up 638.12 points or 0.8%       Nifty 50: 26172.40, up 206 points or 0.8%

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S&P BSE Sensitive Index	Nifty 50
Lifetime High: 86159.02 (Dec. 1, 2025)	: Lifetime High: 26325.80 (Dec. 1, 2025)
Record Close High: 85836.12 (Sept. 26, 2024)	: Record Close High: 26216.05 (Sept. 26, 2024)
2025 1st day close: 78507.41 (Jan. 1)	: 2025 1st day close: 23742.90 (Jan. 1)
2025 Closing High: 85720.38 (Nov. 27)	: 2025 Closing High: 26215.55 (Nov. 27)
2025 Closing Low: 72989.93 (Mar. 4)	: 2025 Closing Low: 22082.65 (Mar. 4)
2025 High (intraday): 86159.02 (Dec. 1)	: 2025 High (intraday): 26325.80 (Dec.1)
2025 Low (intraday): 71425.01 (Apr. 7)	: 2025 Low (intraday): 21743.65 (Apr. 7)
2024 1st day close: 72271.94 (Jan. 1)	: 2024 1st day close: 21741.90 (Jan. 1)
2024 Closing High: 85836.12 (Sept. 26)	: 2024 Closing High: 26216.05 (Sept. 26)
2024 Closing Low: 70370.55 (Jan. 23)	: 2024 Closing Low: 21238.80 (Jan. 23)
2024 High (intraday): 85978.25 (Sep. 27)	: 2024 High (intraday): 26277.35 (Sept. 27)
2024 Low (intraday): 70001.60 (Jan. 24)	: 2024 Low (intraday): 21137.20 (Jan. 24)
2023 1st day close: 61167.79 (Jan. 2)	: 2023 1st day close: 18197.45 (Jan. 2)
2023 Closing High: 72410.38 (Dec. 28)	: 2023 Closing High: 21778.70 (Dec. 28)
2023 Closing Low: 59288.35 (Feb. 27)	: 2023 Closing Low: 17311.80 (Oct. 17)
2023 High (intraday): 72484.34 (Dec. 28)	: 2023 High (intraday): 21801.45 (Dec. 28)
2023 Low (intraday): 58699.20 (Jan. 30)	: 2023 Low (intraday): 17098.55 (Jan. 17)
2022 1st day close: 59183.22 (Jan. 3)	: 2022 1st day close: 17625.70 (Jan. 3)
2022 Closing High: 63284.19 (Dec. 1)	: 2022 Closing High: 18812.50 (Dec. 1)
2022 Closing Low: 51360.42 (Jun. 17)	: 2022 Closing Low: 15293.50 (Jun. 17)
2022 High (intraday): 63583.07 (Dec. 1)	: 2022 High (intraday): 18887.60 (Dec. 1)
2022 Low (intraday): 50921.22 (Jun. 17)	: 2022 Low (intraday): 15183.40 (Jun. 17)
2021 Closing High: 61305.95 (Oct. 14)	: 2021 Closing High: 18338.55 (Oct. 14)
2021 Closing Low: 46285.77 (Jan. 29)	: 2021 Closing Low: 13634.60 (Jan. 29)
2021 High (intraday): 61353.25 (Oct. 14)	: 2021 High (intraday): 18350.75 (Oct. 14)
2021 Low (intraday): 46160.46 (Jan. 29)	: 2021 Low (intraday): 13596.75 (Jan. 29)
2020 Closing High: 47751.33 (Dec. 31)	: 2020 Closing High: 13981.95 (Dec. 30)
2020 Closing Low: 25981.24 (Mar. 23)	: 2020 Closing Low: 7610.25 (Mar. 23)
2020 High (intraday): 47896.97 (Dec. 31)	: 2020 High (intraday): 14024.85 (Dec. 31)
2020 Low (intraday): 25638.90 (Mar. 24)	: 2020 Low (intraday): 7511.10 (Mar. 24)
2019 High (intraday): 41809.96 (Dec. 20)	: 2019 High (intraday): 12293.90 (Dec. 20)
2019 Low (intraday): 35287.16 (Feb. 19)	: 2019 Low (intraday): 10583.65 (Jan. 29)
2018 High (intraday): 38938.91(Aug. 28))	: 2018 High(intraday): 11760.20 (Aug. 28)
2018 Low (intraday): 32483.8 (Mar. 23)	: 2018 Low (intraday): 9951.9 (Mar. 23)
2017 High (intraday): 34005.37 (Dec. 26)	: 2017 High(intraday): 10515.10 (Dec. 26)

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